Comment Re:migration path (Score 0) 299
I say farewell BoB (although they're not really dead, just delayed in sovereignty).
The overall war in Eve won't be affected much.
The overall war in Eve won't be affected much.
Comment Re:I use Linux heavily (Score 1) 299
As for EVE dropping Linux because it wont do premium content... like who cares. The premium content adds nothing to the actual game play, no one should really care if the visuals look a little better.
CCP is dropping the standard client altogether. Premium (and what they are calling "Premium Lite") is all they will support. I care, because premium won't run in Linux, and I don't have very high hopes for the newer premium lite client they're coming out with in March (earlier if you use their test server).
I hope all this works, but I agree with you on the interesting part. Politics and strategy is all that keeps me interested - it definitely isn't game content.
Comment Re:MWR provided internet and Voip (Score 1) 176
OK, it was a rushed comment. You are right. But point and fact: others have carelessly used USB keys with classified information and lost them. This is a completely separate thing, having nothing to do with you storing movies on a HD (personal data).
Sorry how it came off, and thanks for your efforts.
Sorry how it came off, and thanks for your efforts.
Comment Re:MWR provided internet and Voip (Score 1) 176
Am I the only one reading this to be worried about security ?
Comment Re:Can I cancel agreement and stay on sans-contrac (Score 1) 153
I think the key is *in a few months*... you might not be able to do what you want, the way you want. Of course, if you're willing to pay extra fees in the short term, signup for a pre-paid account and switch back later! Just make your decision before the 31st, it seems...
Comment Re:Ubuntu moves faster (Score 1) 625
One example from our project: we had to get some internationalized text from an XML interface. This text was used to get data came from an Oracle db, in ISO-8859-1 coding, and the XML interface used UTF-8 coding. After three weeks of failures, the
.NET team threw in the towel and I did it in half a day, using Python and PyQt. It seems that the challenge of handling a mixed set of accented and unaccented characters in mixed encodings, getting the data from Oracle, handling the XML, and printing it correctly to the screen was too much of a challenge to the .NET developers.
I have noticed that - on both sides - profficient developers continue to make claims that their way is better. I have patched code before I knew nothing about... does it mean that IDE X is better than Y because I was able to do a task faster? What about QA, or DBA's? Show me a good automated testing tool in Linux (don't say unit testing, this doesn't apply as most of the good tools are cross-platform) and I'll be more convinced. Linux rocks, btw, for coding and debugging.
Why the Kill Switch Makes Sense For Android 384
Technologizer writes "It came out this week that Google's Android phone OS, like the iPhone, has a kill switch that lets Android Market applications be disabled remotely. But it's a mistake to lump Google's implementation and Apple's together — the Google version is a smart, pro-consumer move that avoids all the things that make Apple's version a bad idea."
Hacker Admits To Scientology DDoS Attack 275
lbwbl writes with news that a New Jersey man will plead guilty to one felony count of 'unauthorized impairment of a protected computer' for his distributed denial of service attacks on Scientology websites as part of 'Anonymous' earlier this year. From Wired:
"He faces a likely sentence of 12 to 18 months in prison based on stipulations in his plea agreement, which also obliges him to pay $37,500 in restitution. ... Friday's case, in US District Court in Los Angeles, marks the first prosecution of an Anonymous member for a series of attacks against the Church of Scientology that began in mid-January. The secretive religious group strayed into Anonymous' sights after trying to suppress the publication of a creepy Tom Cruise video produced for Scientology members."
Submission + - Equifax refuses to activate fraud alert
wonko writes: "I recently lost my wallet. There's a good chance it was stolen. Inside the wallet were my driver license, several credit cards and my social security card, which was there because I was starting a new job the next morning. I filed a fraud alert, but Equifax refused to activate the alert, which comes very close to violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act and leaves me open to identity theft.
I'm in a unique situation. Equifax claims they won't activate the fraud alert until I send them proof of my identity and current address; however, since I just moved, the address they have on record is my old address, and I can't prove I live there because I don't live there anymore. I also can't send them a copy of my social security card or driver license because I haven't received the replacements yet.
Have other Slashdotters had similar experiences with any of the big credit reporting agencies? What advice do you have that might help me convince Equifax to activate the fraud alert so I'm not wide open to identity theft?"
I'm in a unique situation. Equifax claims they won't activate the fraud alert until I send them proof of my identity and current address; however, since I just moved, the address they have on record is my old address, and I can't prove I live there because I don't live there anymore. I also can't send them a copy of my social security card or driver license because I haven't received the replacements yet.
Have other Slashdotters had similar experiences with any of the big credit reporting agencies? What advice do you have that might help me convince Equifax to activate the fraud alert so I'm not wide open to identity theft?"
Submission + - GnuCash now available for Windows
keeblerelf writes: Open source personal and small-business financial accounting software GnuCash (http://www.gnucash.org/) used to be one of the most difficult programs to install on Linux. If it wasn't included in your distribution of choice, installation probably required compiling and installing around 20 different dependencies... not fun.
Until recently, a Windows version seemed unlikely...
But with beta version 2.1.0, GnuCash is now available in a Windows self-installing executable. I installed it on my wife's Windows laptop yesterday and it seems quite stable for a beta version.
The current stable version (2.0.5) can be installed on Mac OSX using the Fink installer (http://finkproject.org/) or on Debian Linux with "aptitude install gnucash gnucash-docs" (as root of course). GnuCash can also be installed on Ubuntu fairly easily ( http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-gnucash-financia l-accounting-software-in-ubuntu.html).
GnuCash is a great free program with features that rival its ad-infested, monopoly-owned rivals. Why not try it out?
PS — It looks like now there is a complete suite of open source software that runs on both Windows and Linux. There is OpenOffice.org for an office suite (sans Outlook), Evolution (or Thunderbird with Lightning) for an Outlook replacement, Firefox for a web browser, the GIMP for photo editing, PidginIM for instant messaging (formerly called Gaim, but renamed to avoid a trademark dispute), and now GnuCash for accounting.
If you're thinking about switching to Linux, switching to these applications first could be a great way to prepare yourself and your data for the move.
Until recently, a Windows version seemed unlikely...
But with beta version 2.1.0, GnuCash is now available in a Windows self-installing executable. I installed it on my wife's Windows laptop yesterday and it seems quite stable for a beta version.
The current stable version (2.0.5) can be installed on Mac OSX using the Fink installer (http://finkproject.org/) or on Debian Linux with "aptitude install gnucash gnucash-docs" (as root of course). GnuCash can also be installed on Ubuntu fairly easily ( http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-gnucash-financi
GnuCash is a great free program with features that rival its ad-infested, monopoly-owned rivals. Why not try it out?
PS — It looks like now there is a complete suite of open source software that runs on both Windows and Linux. There is OpenOffice.org for an office suite (sans Outlook), Evolution (or Thunderbird with Lightning) for an Outlook replacement, Firefox for a web browser, the GIMP for photo editing, PidginIM for instant messaging (formerly called Gaim, but renamed to avoid a trademark dispute), and now GnuCash for accounting.
If you're thinking about switching to Linux, switching to these applications first could be a great way to prepare yourself and your data for the move.
